# 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-20 de la FIFA Costa Rica 2022) was the 10th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (the age limit was raised from 19 to 20 in 2008). The tournament was held in Costa Rica, which would have hosted the 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second time that Costa Rica hosted a FIFA tournament after the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Japan were the defending champions. The opening match played at the tournament was contested between Costa Rica and Australia at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José. The final was held on 28 August 2022. For the third time in FIFA football tournaments, and the first time for the youth tournaments, there was a back-to-back final between the two same teams.
This was the final edition to feature 16 teams before expanded to 24 teams in 2024 in Colombia.

## Host selection

Costa Rica and Panama were originally selected as co-hosts of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on 20 December 2019, before the withdrawal of Panama leaving Costa Rica as the only host country. On 17 November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Costa Rica was appointed a host of the next edition of the tournament scheduled for 2022.

## Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Costa Rica who automatically qualifies as host, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| AFC (Asia) (3 teams) | Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled) | Australia | 4th | 2006 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2004) |
| AFC (Asia) (3 teams) | Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled) | Japan | 7th | 2018 | Champions (2018) |
| AFC (Asia) (3 teams) | Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled) | South Korea | 6th | 2016 | Third place (2010) |
| CAF (Africa) (2 teams) | 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | Ghana | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| CAF (Africa) (2 teams) | 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament | Nigeria | 10th | 2018 | Runners-up (2010, 2014) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (Hosts + 3 teams) | Host nation | Costa Rica | 3rd | 2014 | Group stage (2010, 2014) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (Hosts + 3 teams) | 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | Canada | 8th | 2016 | Runners-up (2002) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (Hosts + 3 teams) | 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | Mexico | 9th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2016) |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (Hosts + 3 teams) | 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | United States | 10th | 2018 | Champions (2002, 2008, 2012) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (2 teams) | 2022 South American U-20 Women's Championship | Brazil | 10th | 2018 | Third place (2006) |
| CONMEBOL (South America) (2 teams) | 2022 South American U-20 Women's Championship | Colombia | 2nd | 2010 | Fourth place (2010) |
| OFC (Oceania) (1 team) | Team was nominated by OFC based on results of 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled) | New Zealand | 8th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2014) |
| UEFA (Europe) (4 teams) | Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled) | France | 8th | 2018 | Runners-up (2016) |
| UEFA (Europe) (4 teams) | Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled) | Germany | 10th | 2018 | Champions (2004, 2010, 2014) |
| UEFA (Europe) (4 teams) | Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled) | Netherlands | 2nd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
| UEFA (Europe) (4 teams) | Teams were nominated by UEFA based on 2020/21 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round coefficient ranking list (qualification cancelled) | Spain | 4th | 2018 | Runners-up (2018) |

### Notes

* ^ On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that Australia would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup due to DPR Korea Football Association withdrew.

## Venues

The two host cities were announced on 10 August 2021.
| San JoséAlajuelaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. | Alajuela | San José |
| San JoséAlajuelaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
| San JoséAlajuelaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. | Capacity: 17,895 | Capacity: 35,175 |

## Draw

The official draw took place on 5 May 2022, 13:00 local time (UTC-6), at the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San José. The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-20 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The hosts Costa Rica were automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Costa Rica $^H$  Germany  Japan  France | United States  Nigeria  Spain  Mexico | Brazil  South Korea  Ghana  New Zealand | Netherlands  Canada  Colombia  Australia |

## Squads

Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Match officials

A total of 13 referees, 26 assistant referees and 14 video match officials (VAR and AVAR) were appointed officially by FIFA for the tournament on 1 June 2022. The Video assistant referee (VAR) system will be utilize for the first time in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Lara Lee Kim Yu-jeong | Ramina Tsoi Heba Saadieh Park Mi-suk Trương Thị Lệ Trinh |
| CAF | Akhona Makalima Vincentia Amedome | Carine Atezambong Fanta Kone Mimisen Iyorhe Diana Chikotesha |
| CONCACAF | Marianela Araya Francia González Tori Penso | Chantal Boudreau Ivette Santiago Enedina Caudillo Sandra Ramírez Mijensa Rensch Brooke Mayo |
| CONMEBOL | Emikar Calderas | Mary Blanco Migdalia Rodríguez |
| OFC | Anna-Marie Keighley | Sarah Jones Maria Salamasina |
| UEFA | Lina Lehtovaara Marta Huerta de Aza Tess Olofsson Cheryl Foster | Sara Telek Polyxeni Irodotou Karolin Kaivoja Katalin Török Katarzyna Wójs Guadalupe Porras Almira Spahić Susanne Küng |
| Confederation | Video assistant referee (VAR) |
| AFC | Kate Jacewicz Sarah Ho (AVAR) |
| CAF | Bouchra Karboubi Fatiha Jermoumi (AVAR) |
| CONCACAF | Melissa Borjas Tatiana Guzmán |
| CONMEBOL | Salomé di Iorio Daiane Muniz dos Santos María Belén Carvajal |
| UEFA | Maïka Vanderstichel Esther Staubli Ella De Vries (AVAR) Sian Massey (AVAR) Eliana Fernández (AVAR) |
Support referee :
| CONMEBOL | Elizabeth Tintaya |

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 5 May 2022.

### Tiebreakers

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers were determined as follows:
* points obtained in all group matches;
* goal difference in all group matches;
* number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
* points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* fair play points in all group matches: first yellow card: minus 1 point;indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;direct red card: minus 4 points;yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
* drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, CST (UTC–6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time will be played and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 20 August – San José | 20 August – San José | | | |
| Spain | 1 | | | |
| Spain | 1 | 25 August – San José | 25 August – San José | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 25 August – San José | 25 August – San José | |
| Mexico | 0 | Spain | 2 | |
| 21 August – Alajuela | 21 August – Alajuela | | Spain | 2 | |
| 21 August – Alajuela | 21 August – Alajuela | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | | | | 28 August – San José | 28 August – San José |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 28 August – San José | 28 August – San José |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | Spain | 3 |
| 20 August – San José | 20 August – San José | | | | | Spain | 3 |
| 20 August – San José | 20 August – San José | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | 25 August – San José | 25 August – San José | | | |
| Brazil | 1 | 25 August – San José | 25 August – San José | | | |
| Brazil | 1 | Brazil | 1 | | | |
| 21 August – Alajuela | 21 August – Alajuela | | Brazil | 1 | | | |
| 21 August – Alajuela | 21 August – Alajuela | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (p) | 3 (5) | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (p) | 3 (5) | | | | 28 August – San José | 28 August – San José |
| France | 3 (3) | | | | 28 August – San José | 28 August – San José |
| France | 3 (3) | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 4 |

### Final

The 2022 final is a rematch of the 2018 final, the previous final.
* 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners
* Spain First title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Maika Hamano | Inma Gabarro | Tarciane |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Inma Gabarro | Maika Hamano | Yuzuki Yamamoto |
| 8 goals | 4 goals | 3 goals, 3 assists |
| Golden Glove |||
| Txell Font |||
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Japan |||

## Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
8 goals
* Inma Gabarro
4 goals
* Maika Hamano
3 goals
* Tarciane
* Magnaba Folquet
* Esther Mbakem-Niaro
* Yuzuki Yamamoto
* Esther Onyenezide
* Salma Paralluelo
2 goals
* Aline
* Rafa Levis
* Linda Caicedo
* Marit Auée
* Rosa van Gool
* Ziva Henry
* Liz Rijsbergen
1 goal
* Kirsty Fenton
* Bryleeh Henry
* Sarah Hunter
* Ana Clara
* Cris
* Gi Fernandes
* Mileninha
* Pati Maldaner
* Priscila
* Kaila Novak
* Olivia Smith
* Mariana Muñoz
* Alexandra Pinell
* Mégane Hoeltzel
* Gia Corley
* Clara Fröhlich
* Sophie Weidauer
* Doris Boaduwaa
* Suzu Amano
* Aoba Fujino
* Shinomi Koyama
* Manaka Matsukubo
* Haruna Tabata
* Anette Vázquez
* Alexia Villanueva
* Dana Foederer
* Zera Hulswit
* Sanne Koopman
* Emily Clegg
* Charlotte Lancaster
* Chioma Olise
* Flourish Sabastine
* Mun Ha-yeon
* Ane Elexpuru
* Sonia Majarín
* Ariadna Mingueza
* Michelle Cooper
* Simone Jackson
* Ally Sentnor
* Alyssa Thompson
1 own goal
* Brooklyn Courtnall (against South Korea)
* Carol Cázares (against New Zealand)

## Marketing
### Branding

The official emblem and slogan were unveiled on 10 August 2021, one year prior to the start of the tournament.
"Vamos juntas" by Isabella Castro, Rebeca Malavassi, Tony Succar and the female choir of the Franz Liszt Schule served as the official song of the tournament. (Produced and composed by Costa Rican artist Jorge Castro).